I appeal to the collective wisdom and opinion for your favorite sources for
the most current, most comprehensive, most trustworthy sources for keeping
abreast of guidelines or standards of practice.
I currently subscribe to the What's New on NGC (national guidelines
clearinghouse) and AHRQ quality tools.
Here is some feedback I got from NGC on their content policy.
there is no specific timeline for guidelines being approved by their
authoring agency's and their inclusion in the NGC database
Guidelines represented in NGC are submitted to us by the authoring
organizations (usually following their approval and/or publication) and they
must meet specific criteria
Many of the guidelines represented in NGC are also actively solicited by NGC
Staff following their publication.
Once we have received the necessary copyright permissions to include a
guideline in the NGC database, a guideline summary is then prepared for the
NGC Web site. This process takes approximately 6-8 weeks. Once the
developer has approved of the content, the summary is posted to the NGC Web
site.
I love to use NGC but I am wondering if it is the best way to stay current
on guidelines and SOP. There are other sources, POEMS, ePocrates has
docalerts. I thought of maybe setting up some kind of search on Medline but
again I am not sure of the most current.
I thought also of monitoring AHRQ perhaps CDC. I looked at CDC and didn't'
really find a lot on guidelines. I was also wondering if Cochrane or
something like that would have an alerting service.
I would appreciate any and all feedback and will of course post a summary
with the information I have received.
Soraya Assar, MLS
Clinical Knowledge Group
Eclipsys Corporation
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Boston MA 02135
phone: 617-783-6979 cell: 617 645 9241
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